Tag: nature
Design in the 4th Dimension: The 4D Nucleome Project
A consortium of scientists is advancing the Human Genome Project into the 4th dimension, promising new insights into the design of life.
From BioMed Central, a Confusing Discussion of Evolution Education and the “Nature of Science”
Kids have headed back to school. But what will they learn about evolution there?
13-Million-Year Old Skull from Kenya – A Human Ancestor? Not Likely
You’ll forgive me for being a little bit jaded by now at news like this.
Next on the Cambrian Explosion Gong Show: The Slime Theory
The desperation of evolutionists to explain away the sudden emergence of animal phyla suggests that critiques of Darwinism may be having an effect.
Fossil Footprints from Crete Deepen Controversy on Human Origins
It looks like 2017 could become some kind of genuine annus horribilis for the established scientific consensus on human evolution.
New (Bogus) Line of Attack on Louisiana Science Education Act
“Researchers at MIT have found evidence confirming what many educators and science advocates have feared.” Oh, really?
Nature’s Amazing Machines — Denver Looks at the Marvels of “Natural Engineering”
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is running an excellent special exhibition featuring examples of the amazing engineering observed in biology.
How Is Purpose Related to Teleology in Nature?
Materialist philosopher Joseph Carter denies the existence of teleology in nature, but he is mistaken.
Philosopher in NY Times: The Universe Has No Purpose, But We Can Pretend…
As I noted yesterday, Joseph Carter wrote a fatuous essay in which he denies purpose in the universe and does an amusing dance around the implications that follow.
Does Nature Show Purpose? Reply to a Materialist Philosopher
Aristotelian teleology is, as Joseph Carter points out, manifested by order in nature. More precisely, teleology is consistency: natural processes tend to consistent ends.